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William Alexander LOWTHER

William Alexander LOWTHER

Male 1862 - 1932  (~ 70 years)

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  • Name William Alexander LOWTHER 
    Born Jun 1862  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1883, 1895  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1900, 1920  Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation miller, oil business  [1, 4] 
    Died 31 Oct 1932  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Buried Oxbow Catholic Church Cemetery, Co Rd 47/20, Oxbow, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I46697  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2009 

    Father James Allen LOWTHER,   b. 24 Jul 1834, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1885  (Age 50 years) 
    Mother Rebecca WALDRON,   b. CA 1839 
    Family ID F19078  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth J. FREELAND,   b. 29 Jan 1860, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1892  (Age 32 years) 
    Married 25 Mar 1883  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. John F. LOWTHER,   b. 14 Dec 1882,   d. 22 Dec 1886  (Age 4 years)
     2. Clara May LOWTHER,   b. Jan 1884, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Apr 1952  (Age ~ 68 years)
     3. Ira Edwin LOWTHER,   b. Jun 1886, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Mary Luverna LOWTHER,   b. May 1888, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Jessie B. LOWTHER,   b. 27 Jan 1889,   d. 19 Apr 1890  (Age 1 years)
     6. Harold Raymond LOWTHER,   b. Apr 1890, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Elizabeth LOWTHER,   b. 28 Jan 1892,   d. 28 Jan 1892  (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F19081  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Margaret "Maggie" BURKE,   b. Sep 1876,   bur. Oxbow Catholic Church Cemetery, Co Rd 47/20, Oxbow, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 4 Sep 1895  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Murphy District), enumerated in Feb 1920:
      William A. Louther, 57; wife Maggie B, 43; son William, 24 (or 28); son James E, 22; dau Margaret A, 20; dau Anna B, 18; son Charles B, 16; dau Helen L, 1.

      1930 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Murphy District), enumerated on Apr 23 1930:
      William A. Lowther, 67, b. WV, father b. Va, mother b. Md, married, age 20 at first marriage, occupation oil well pumper; wife Maggie B, 52, father b. Irish Free State, mother b. WV, age 19 at first marriage; son Carles B, 26, single, occup engineer at gasoline plant; dau Hellen L, 11.
    Children 
     1. William LOWTHER,   b. May 1896
     2. James E. LOWTHER,   b. May 1898, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Margaret A. "Maggie" LOWTHER,   b. Dec 1899
     4. Anna Ceterelia LOWTHER,   b. 19 Nov 1901, Gillespie (Harrisville), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Charles B. LOWTHER,   b. CA 1904
     6. John Allen LOWTHER,   b. 19 Jun 1905,   d. 6 Oct 1906  (Age 1 years)
     7. Helen L. LOWTHER,   b. CA 1919
    Family ID F19522  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Oxbow Catholic Church Cemetery, Co Rd 47/20, Oxbow, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    46697_LOWTHER_WilliamA_1862-1932_Obit.jpg    		46697_LOWTHER_WilliamA_1862-1932_Obit.jpg
    46697_LOWTHER_WilliamA_1920Census_RitchieCoWV_MurphyDist_Feb1920.jpg    		46697_LOWTHER_WilliamA_1920Census_RitchieCoWV_MurphyDist_Feb1920.jpg
    46697_LOWTHER_WilliamA_1930Census_RitchieCoWV_MurphyDist_23Apr1930.jpg    		46697_LOWTHER_WilliamA_1930Census_RitchieCoWV_MurphyDist_23Apr1930.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S2099] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    4. [S14] Obituary.

    5. [S1781] Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998)).

    6. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    7. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as William A. Lowther, widowed, 33, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Maggie Burke, 18, of Ritchie Co. Married Sep 4 1895.